Raiffeisen

In this cooperative board game players are taken back into the world of F. W. Raiffeisen. You 'll get to know the hard way of life in those days and experience, how a normal mayor by the name of Raiffeisen started alleviating misery and distress of normal people in 1845 and developed his concept of the cooperative idea, exactly in line with his motto „What can't be done alone, can be done together".

During the course of time, this cooperative idea co-founded by Raiffeisen, has spread all round the world and since 2016, has been declared by UNESCO as „Intangible Cultural Heritage".

The game board consists of 8 puzzle boards, which when together form a large landscape map. Here, the players travel through the villages where Raiffeisen implemented his ideas. Different fields of work present times of waiting, because the tasks set can only be overcome together. Players experience through 53 fields, what Raiffeisen undertook against hunger and misery. Those players falling behind are taken by the hand of solidarity and given the chance to carry on playing. Players with „Solvency Problems" are given financial help through solidarity. Single moves mostly affect the other players, so that all participants are ensnared in this exciting journey through time — right from the beginning, all the way through to the end.

At the end of the game, there is not only one winner and one thing is for certain: this lively game is lots of fun and imparts to children as well as grown-ups lots of interesting facts about Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen and the times he lived in. Game board size and length of play can be decided upon. Decide how much time you have and then take the plunge into Raiffeisen's World for as long as you like: one, two or even for three hours.

—from the back of the box